Moate golf club Westmeath

Moate Golf Course

Originally founded in 1900 Moate Golf Club moved to its present location in 1940 as a 9-hole course. To accommodate the growing membership it was extended to 18-holes in 1993. This Bobby Browne designed course is set in gently rolling parkland and presents a wide variety of challenges to both the beginner and the experienced golfer. Every shot presents a new challenge and precise placing of the tee shot will greatly aid your score.

Moate Golf Club is noted far and wide for its hospitality and friendliness of its members. The new clubhouse built in 1997 provides all the facilities that the golfer of today requires and is well worth a visit.

Notable rounds

Men's Course Record: 67 Denis White (3) 16/09/2003

Ladies Course Record: 74 Kathleen Kelly (12) 01/08/2001

Members Achievements

The Ladies of Moate Golf Club won the Mid-Leinster Final of the Intermediate Cup at Tramore Golf Club on Saturday 4th September 2010, when they beat Wexford Golf Club in the decider. They made their way to Donabate Golf Club to compete in the National deciders and were drawn against Connacht Champions Galway Bay Golf Club in the All-Ireland quarter-final.

First on the tee was Pearse Corbett (16) who lost her match to Helen O'Flaherty (17) by 5 and 4, next up was Sinead Healy (19) against Orla Shields (18) who lost her match by 6 and 4 to the Galway player, next up was Veronica McCormack (20) who had a similar result against Aoife Killeen (19). Mary Egan (21) was 2-up against Deirdre Toohey (19) when called in and Eileen White (22) was all-square Sheila Reilly (19) when her match finished.

The Ladies of Moate Golf Club won the Mid-Leinster Final of the Junior Foursomes at Tramore Golf Club on Saturday 4th September 2010, when they beat Enniscorthy Golf Club in the decider by 2½ matches to a ½ match, first on the tee was Veronica Coughlan with Eleanor Fitzpatrick who beat Julie McCarthy with Lori Whitney by 1-hole, they were followed by Kathleen Conlon with Anita McLoughlin who recorded a 2 and 1 win over the Wexford pair of Marie Dunphy with Marie Duggan, the bottom match of Geraldine Coughlan with Clodagh O'Dowd against Annette Cullen with Joan Miller was called in.They made their way to Donabate Golf Club to compete in the National deciders and were drawn against Connacht Champions Mountbellew Golf Club in the All-Ireland quarter-final. First on the tee was Kathleen Conlon (17) with Anita McLoughlin (24) against Siobhan Fallon (16) with Mary Hyland (19), they were followed by Veronica Coughlan (20) with Eleanor Fitzpatrick (22) against Connie O'Brien (18) with Kathleen Bergin (20), the bottom match of Geraldine Coughlan (19) with Clodagh O'Dowd (27) against Helen Costello (15) with Caroline Delaney (23).

The Ladies of Moate Golf Club won the Mid-Leinster Final of the AA-Insurance Junior Foursomes ILGU Championship in 2008, they made their way to Limerick Golf Club to compete in the National deciders, where they met Ulster Champions Ardglass Golf Club in the All-Ireland quarter-final. First on the tee was Pearse Corbett (17) with Mary Egan (21) who beat Angela Casey (18) with Kathleen King (20) by1-hole, they were followed by Ann Whelan (18) with Mags Galvin (21) who lost their match to Maura Fitzpatrick (19) with Roisin Byrne (20) by 1-hole, in the bottom match Beth Dunne (18) with Breda Kelly (23) had a 3 and 1 win over Dorothy McMullan (20) with Pat Murphy (23).

They met Munster Champions Rathbane Golf Club the following day in the All-Ireland Final and were led again by Pearse Corbett (17) with Mary Egan (21) who lost their match by 2 and 1 to Anne Marie Kilroy (19) with Anne Byrnes (23), the second match of Ann Whelan (18) with Carmel Carroll (20) was a 2 and 1 win against Jude Byrne (18) with Marie Barker (27), in the bottom match Beth Dunne (18) with Breda Kelly (23) lost their match by a similar margin against Marie Bartlett (21) with Margaret O'Sullivan (27). The Ladies of Moate Golf Club won the Mid-Leinster Final and were All-Ireland runners-up in the AA-Insurance ILGU inter-club Championship Intermediat Cup in 2006, they made their way to Headfort Golf Club to compete in the National deciders, where they met Connaught Champions Mountbellew Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final and recorded a 4-matches to 1-match win over the Galway Club.

They were led by Eileen White (19) who had a comfortable 5 and 4 win over Aoife Fallon (18), she was followed by Mary Rohan (19) who won her match by 3 and 2 against Laura Burke (18), next up was Beth Dunne (20) who lost out by 4 and 2 against Mary Hyland (19), the penultimate match of Pearse Corbett (20) was a 3 and 1 win against Kathleen Bergin (19), in the bottom match Margaret Galvin (21) recorded a 3 and 2 win over Mary Costello (20) .

They met East-Leinster Champions Craddockstown Golf Club the following day in the All-Ireland Final, they were led again by Eileen White (19) who lost her match by 2 and 1 against Eileen Jones (18), she was followed by Mary Rohan (19) who had a 3 and 2 win over Brigid Kennedy (18), next up was Beth Dunne (20) who had a 2-hole win over Eileen O'Donnell (19), the penultimate match was as close as it gets when Pearse Corbett (20) lost her match by 1-hole against Frances Corrigan (20), in the bottom match Margaret Galvin (21) had a similar close thing when losing by 1-hole to Rosemary O'Connor (20).

Moate Golf Club won the BMW All-Ireland, Irish Mixed Foursomes at Monkstown Golf Club on 1 st September 2005. They beat Munster Champions Newcastle West in the All-Ireland Final by 3 ½ matches to 1 ½ matches. and Connacht Champions Enniscrone in the All-Ireland Semi-Final by 4 matches to 1 match.

First on the tee for the Final was M. Power & V. Coughlan against N. O'Grady & T. O'Shaughnessy and they recorded a 1-hole win for the Leinster Champions. They were followed by L. Galvin & C. Connolly against F. Geary & K. Cussen who had another 1-hole win over the Munster pair. Next up was O. Grogan & E. White who had a very convincing 5 and 4 win over T. O'Connor & Margaret McAuliffe. The penultimate pair was B. Burke & M. Galvan against F. Moore & Martina McAuliffe this match ended all-square. The final match saw E. Coughlan & G. Coughlan against M. Stack & J. Scanlan who lost by 5 and 3.

In the All-Ireland Semi-Final against Enniscrone L. Galvin & C. Connolly lead the way with a very convincing 7 and 6 win over B. Casey & L. Loftus. They were followed by O. Grogan & E. White against S. Wade & M. Byrne who won by 3 and 1. Next on the tee was M. Power & V. Coughlan who halved their match with D. Basquill & M. Forde. The next pair was B. Burke & M. Galvin who recorded a 2 and 1 win over R. Cloonan & M. Carroll. The anchor team was husband and wife E. & G. Coughlan who halved their match with T. Donovan & M. McDaid, which gave them a comfortable passage to the All-Ireland Final.

2004 Lady Captain Mary Egan (20) and her Captain's Prize Winner Eileen White (19) were leading qualifiers with 38 pts. in the Volkswagen-Irish Independent Lady Captain's Classic at Co. Sligo Golf Club in August 2004 they qualified for the National Finals at Hermitage on 4th October.

The Ladies of Moate Golf Club won the National Final of the Nutri-Grain Ladies Golf Challenge at Druid's Glen when they returned a score of 40 points to win by five clear shots from their nearest rivals from Milltown. Congratulations to Veronica McCormack and Geraldine Coughlan on their wonderful win.

Lady Captain Kay Kenny (26) and her Captain's Prize winner Olive Costello (20) were leading qualifiers in the Volkswagen-Irish Independent Lady Captains Golf Classic at Slieve Russell Golf Club, with 36pts. in August 2002. They went on to the National Finals at Druid's Glen in September.

Lady Captain Dolores Moodley and her Captain's Prize winner Veronica McCormack topped the qualifiers in the Volkswagen-Irish Independent Lady Captain's Classic in August 2001. Playing the Slieve Russell shortly after the North West of Ireland, everybody found the course very difficult. Dolores playing off 32 and Veronica playing off 18 returned 29 points. This was ample to book their place in the National Finals at Druid's Glen on October the 1st. Dolores had to cancel another booking in order to keep her chances alive to win a National title. When she phoned her husband to tell him the good news, he reminded her they had booked a holiday in Spain the same week.

Husband & Wife Eileen and Denis White, who won the Grand Final of the Spar-Irish Independent Mixed Pairs challenge in Tenerife in 2000. They made a fine start to the defence of their title when they were leading regional qualifiers at City West in June 2001. They returned a fine 61 points score to book their place in the National Finals at Adare Manor Golf & Country Club in August. Eileen playing off 23 and Dennis playing off 4 were five shots better than anybody else on the day.

Moate won the All-Ireland Irish Junior Cup at Lahinch G. C. in 2000, when they beat Milltown in the Leinster Final. They went on to meet Athenry in the All-Ireland semi-final at Lahinch on 21st September 2000. They beat Athenry 4 to 1 in the Semi-Final and went on to beat Monkstown 3.5 to 1.5 in the National Final. The squad was Karl Fitzsimons, Thomas Fox, Eamon Coughlan, Thomas Higgins and Dominick Fitzpatrick, Tom Flattery, Liam Galvin, George Digan, Mick Glennon, Louis Cunningham and Kieran Heavin. They were co-managed by Billy Coughlin and Seamus Buckley.

The Ladies of Moate won the Midlands Trophy in 1999. The squad was Eileen White, Cathy Fahy, Margaret Galvin, Vera Burgoyne, Betty Fox, Margaret Byrne and Kathleen George. They were managed by, Emer Quinn. They also won it in 1987 when the squad was Eileen White, Maura Doyle, Anna O'Brien, Patricia Burke, Anita McLoughlin and Kathleen Conlon. They won the Midland Plate in 1994 when the team was Sarah Flanagan, Frances Longwood, Angela Valden, Cathy Fahy and Anna O'Brien.

Denis White, together with Eddie Condron (Greystones G.C.) and David Jackson was selected on the Irish team, which played in the inaugural European Seniors Nations Cup, played at La Manga G.C. in Spain, from the 15th to the 17th, June 2000.

Congratulations to Eileen (22) and Denis (3) White on winning the Grand Final of the Spar-Irish Independent Mixed Pairs Final at Golf del Sur, Tenerife, in November 2000, with rounds of 53 in the Scramble, 36 in the Foursomes and 69 in the singles. They booked their place in the National Final at St. Margaret's G.C. having shot 57 points in the regional qualifying round at Glasson G.C. in this unique format where the first six holes are played as a scramble, the next six as foursomes and the last six as singles. The Grand Final is the same format over three rounds. Denis won the East of Ireland at Baltray in 1976.

Moate won the Midlands Trophy, in 1999.

Members who played representative golf for Country or Province;

B. Burke represented Ireland at Senior (55+) in 2004 playing 5-times won 1-match halved two and lost 2-matches accumulating 4-points;

History of Moate

Instituted 1900 affiliated 1940

Golf can be traced back to 1900 at Moate. The "Irish Golfer" 23rd January, 1901, records "During the past months the Royal and Ancient game has established a firm footing in the sporting little town of Moate, Co. Westmeath. Links have been secured along a line of gravel hills adjacent to the town and no exertion has been spared by the Hon. Secretary to make them as perfect as possible. They afford quite a diversity of hazards"

The first President was Mr. C. O’Donoghue, the first Captain was H. A. S. Upton, and it had a membership of over fifty with the men paying an annual subscription of £1 and the ladies ten shillings.

It would appear the club went into decline between 1937 and 1940 when it was revived. There is a fine new clubhouse and there are now eighteen-holes.